by Thomas Ford For Dance Spirit | Apr 1, 2024 | News, The Latest
You might remember Anthony Madu from a video that went viral in June 2020. Shared to millions on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) by celebrities like Viola Davis and Cynthia Erivo, the video captured an 11-year-old Madu dancing barefoot and in the rain on a...
by Zoe G. Phillips | Dec 22, 2020 | News, Wellness
Katherine Hartsell spends a lot of time thinking about what sustainability means to dancers. She’s the face behind Jai-Dee Dancewear, founded in 2018, which sells leotards made from regenerated nylon fiber that comes from fishing nets, industrial plastics and...
by Zoe G. Phillips | Oct 26, 2020 | Career, Training
Olivia Duran started ballet when she was 3 years old, and it was love at first plié. From there, “I just kept going,” she recently recalled over the phone, “and that was that!” Soon, she found herself at Elmhurst Ballet School, the prestigious...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 17, 2017 | Career, Training
Over the past week, 52 dancers from 14 countries trained in the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus flocked to Lisbon, Portugal, for the 2017 Genée International Ballet Competition. After four days of coaching (see highlights on our Instagram), the dancers competed...